Words for family members and other relatives in Polish, a Western Slavic language spoken in mainly Poland, and also in Lithuania and Belarus and a number of other countries.
Key to abbreviations: m = male, f = female, frm = formal/polite, inf = informal
| Polish (Polski) | |
|---|---|
| family | rodzina |
| parents | rodzice |
| father | ojciec (frm) tata/tato (inf) |
| mother | matka (frm) mama (inf) |
| children | dzieci |
| son | syn |
| daughter | córka |
| husband | mąż małżonek |
| wife | żona małżonka |
| brother | brat |
| sister | siostra |
| uncle | wujek |
| aunt | ciotka |
| cousin | kuzyn (m) kuzynka (f) |
| nephew | bratanek (brother's son) siostrzeniec (sister's son) |
| niece | bratanica (brother's daughter) siostrzenica (sister's daughter) |
| grandparents | dziadkowie |
| grandfather | dziadek |
| grandmother | babka (frm) babcia (inf) |
| grandchildren | wnukowie wnuczęta |
| grandson | wnuk |
| granddaughter | wnuczka |
| great grandfather | pradziadek |
| great grandmother | prababka |
| father-in-law | teść |
| mother-in-law | teściowa |
| brother-in-law | szwagier |
| sister-in-law | bratowa (brother's wife) szwagierka |
Corrections and notes provided by Grzegorz Jagodziński
Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Ukrainian
Family words in other languages
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